Through The Work
a creativity development studio for people working in healthcare
It's a serious question.
On the surface, it seems like it may produce as boring of a conversation as "What did you learn at school today?" would with a disinterested middle-schooler.
Dig a little deeper and you'll identify several bullet points that can bring the conversation to a close.
Find a shovel, spend fifteen minutes digging, and you may realize your entire day was spent learning. Learning about new problems (and consequently a new project) and new elements of old problems (why that project is delayed), about how to get work done (it's a Zoom revolution), about the people you work with, about the social norms of the organization (everyone is always arriving late to meetings), about what's working and what isn't (data!), about yourself, and an endless list of additional topics ... and then of course learning about what to do with all of it.
That's what work is: learning ... and then doing something with the lesson, often a tiny adjustment and occasionally something Very Big.
What did you learn at work today?
Ten or so questions which ask "What did you learn at work today?" in different ways:
Through The Work is a creativity development studio for healthcare people embracing The Transforming—the always-happening, always-unfolding state of change in your job ... and using it to make more of the change you know should be happening, happen.
The Transforming is the most important professional opportunity of our careers—one that will lead to new job opportunities, real change, and a transformed industry for all of us and everyone else.
My name is Drew Weilage and I work in healthcare, too. At Through The Work, I help people like you make develop a creative practice to do your best work.
Oh, and pep talks! Get a pep talk when you need one: big day, bad day, or any day at all. Text me at 646-450-2465 or send me a note.
Ideas and inspiration on The Now of Work to fuel your thinking, learning, and creating. Get inspired.
Being organized is the foundation of a creative practice and creativity. Here are a series of guides to help you get organized at work. Get organized.
Talented people have worked on similar problems to the problems we're now solving. Thankfully for us they've shared what they've learned. So let's learn from them.
Your current role can be viewed as a platform to get better at the work you do and how you do the work. Your professional development is a you activity. Make it work for you.
Why we work the way we work is important to understand ... so we can create something better. Here's what's happening.